RANZCP homepage
Helen Killaspy
Profile
Professor Helen Killaspy
Professor Killaspy is a clinical academic working in the field of rehabilitation psychiatry. She is Joint Head of the Department of Epidemiology and Applied Clinical Research within the Division of Psychiatry at UCL. Her research has provided much needed evidence for the effectiveness of specialist services for people with particularly complex mental health problems and she has played a key role in ensuring this evidence is included in policy to support ongoing investment in mental health rehabilitation services in the UK and abroad. Her national leadership roles include: Chair of the Rehabilitation Faculty of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (2008-2012), National Professional Adviser on Mental Health Rehabilitation Services to the Care Quality Commission (2015-2020), and Topic Adviser for the first NICE Guideline on mental health rehabilitation (NG181, published August 2020).
Professor Killaspy is a clinical academic working in the field of rehabilitation psychiatry. She is Joint Head of the Department of Epidemiology and Applied Clinical Research within the Division of Psychiatry at UCL. Her research has provided much needed evidence for the effectiveness of specialist services for people with particularly complex mental health problems and she has played a key role in ensuring this evidence is included in policy to support ongoing investment in mental health rehabilitation services in the UK and abroad. Her national leadership roles include: Chair of the Rehabilitation Faculty of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (2008-2012), National Professional Adviser on Mental Health Rehabilitation Services to the Care Quality Commission (2015-2020), and Topic Adviser for the first NICE Guideline on mental health rehabilitation (NG181, published August 2020).
